Sony Vaio E Mouse/Track pad won't work in Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
 

Hello everyone,
I just bought a new sony vaio e series laptop and installed Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS.
My track/mouse pad has no response when using it. I have read a few fourms and have come up short. There does not seem to be any solution in any one read. Does anyone have any suggestions to fix this problem? I would really appreciate it.

Give us the output of running these commands:
lspci
lsmod

00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge Alternate
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Sony Corporation Device 9602
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
00:07.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 3)
00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 41)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE Controller (rev 40)
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) (rev 40)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller (rev 40)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge (rev 40)
00:14.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI2 Controller
00:15.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Device 43a0
00:16.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:16.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Link Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M880G [Mobility Radeon HD 4200]
01:05.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RS880 Audio Device [Radeon HD 4200]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)
09:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
Module Size Used by
fglrx 2353486 0
cryptd 8116 0
aes_x86_64 7912 1
aes_generic 27607 1 aes_x86_64
usbhid 41084 0
hid 83440 1 usbhid
binfmt_misc 7960 1
ppdev 6375 0
snd_hda_codec_atihdmi 3023 1
snd_hda_codec_realtek 279040 1
snd_hda_intel 25677 2
snd_hda_codec 85759 3 snd_hda_codec_atihdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
fbcon 39270 71
tileblit 2487 1 fbcon
font 8053 1 fbcon
snd_hwdep 6924 1 snd_hda_codec
bitblit 5811 1 fbcon
snd_seq_dummy 1782 0
snd_pcm_oss 41394 0
snd_mixer_oss 16299 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 87882 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_oss 31219 0
softcursor 1565 1 bitblit
snd_seq_midi 5829 0
vga16fb 12757 0
arc4 1473 2
snd_rawmidi 23420 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 7267 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
vgastate 9857 1 vga16fb
snd_seq 57481 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
ath9k 328989 0
snd_timer 23649 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 6888 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
lp 9336 0
mac80211 238448 1 ath9k
snd 71106 16 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_se q_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
ath 9723 1 ath9k
parport 37160 2 ppdev,lp
soundcore 8052 1 snd
radeon 740390 3
cfg80211 148546 3 ath9k,mac80211,ath
snd_page_alloc 8500 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
ttm 60847 1 radeon
drm_kms_helper 30742 1 radeon
drm 199204 5 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
edac_core 45423 0
i2c_algo_bit 6024 1 radeon
edac_mce_amd 9278 0
sony_laptop 33788 0
shpchp 33711 0
led_class 3764 1 ath9k
i2c_piix4 9639 0
video 20623 0
uvcvideo 62467 0
videodev 40518 1 uvcvideo
output 2503 1 video
v4l1_compat 15495 2 uvcvideo,videodev
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 12020 1 videodev
usb_storage 49833 0
pata_atiixp 4209 0
ahci 37870 2
r8169 39650 0
mii 5237 1 r8169

Okay now run this:
lshw > blah-yada.txt
Then this:
less blah-yada.txt
Do a search for mouse by hitting the / key and typing in the word mouse. You might need to capitalize the first letter in mouse. This will give you information on your mouse, if Linux recognizes it. If not you might need to resort to the use of an external USB mouse.

I had no luck finding the mouse... I will keep using the wireless usb mouse for now. Also, it seems that my sound is not working either though in the editor it did come up. Gives me a project to work on. Thank you for help and quick response, SharpyWarpy.